How To Tell If A Smart Beta Trade Is Crowded?

June 2, 2017, by FiComm

Featured in ETF.com May 23, 2017

With smart beta and factor strategies growing in popularity, getting in and out of them has become a real concern for today’s investors. Are they getting too crowded? How long is too long to be in a strategy? Can I bet against these factors and make money?

Deepika Sharma, portfolio manager and managing director of investments at Astor Investment Management, has done the research and knows what it will take for investors to have success using smart-beta and factor-based ETFs.

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